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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by VOCAL-NY ACTION FUND INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$38,650
Total expenses
$412,425
Contributions and grants received
$38,636
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$14
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$429,155
Total liabilities, end of year
$82,051
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$347,104
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$412,425
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$412,425

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $38,636

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14 · excluded $14

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $36,580 · program services $36,580

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,234 · program services $16,234

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,584 · program services $5,584

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,558 · program services $7,558

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,842 · program services $4,842

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,870 · program services $20,870

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,297 · program services $1,297

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,466 · program services $2,466

  • 24a · Other expenses: REIMBURSED COMPENSATION

    total $311,043 · program services $311,043

  • 24b · Other expenses: REIMBURSED EXPENSES

    total $4,666 · program services $4,666

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $675 · program services $675

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $610 · program services $610

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $612,856 · end of year $427,880

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,260 · end of year $1,275

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $225,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $44,004

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $118,237 · end of year $38,047

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $495,879 · end of year $347,104

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $225,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE A GRASSROOTS AND INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR SOME OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND ELECTORAL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, VOTER EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TO PROMOTE VOCAL-NY'S MISSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE A GRASSROOTS AND INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR SOME OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE AMONG LOW INCOME NEW YORKERS WITH A FOCUS ON LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, VOTER EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.

    Expenses $412,425

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marilyn Reyes

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $8,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James W Lister

    CHAIRPERSON THRU MAR 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hiawatha Collins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $9,500
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $9,500
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gustavo Pedroza

    SECRETARY THRU MAR 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Reginald Brown

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $1,500
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Wayne Starks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alyssa Aguilera

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $184,418
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $140,736
    Other
    $43,682
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $140,736 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,337 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,345 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $184,418 related

  • Jeremy Saunders

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,539
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $146,228
    Other
    $7,311
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $146,228 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,311 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $153,539 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED AND PAID BY A RELATED PARTY, VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY), INC., USING THE FOLLOWING PROCESS: THE FULL BOARD IS PRESENTED WITH COMPARABLE SALARY DATA FROM OTHER LOCAL NON PROFITS AT ITS DECEMBER BOARD MEETING ANNUALLY. THE BOARD VOTES TO APPROVED THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SALARIES AND TEH NEW SALARIES ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE MINUTES. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN IN 2023.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500279349301515

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